Cultivator.



J. G. WILLIAMS.

GULTIVATOR. APPLICATION FILED OOT.10, 1911.

11,046,419. Patented Dec. 3, 19 12.

c0Lun.s|A PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, D, c.

JOHN c. WILLIAMS, or ORANGE, CALIFORNIA.

CULTIVATOB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 3, 1912.

Application filed October 10, 1911. Serial No. 653,838.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Orange, California, have invented a new and usefulCultivator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in a cultivator designed and usedtoloosen and level soil and to break up clods.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap and efficientcultivator, is durable and not easily damaged.

The construct-ion by means of which .I at-. tain these results is shownin the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of acomplete cultivator. Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken at -y-y in Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a fragmental section taken at w0c in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a planview of a washer.

Throughout the several views like characters refer to like parts.

Referring to the details of construction, 10 is a tubular head usuallyconsisting of a piece of ordinary steel pipe.

11 indicates the part usually designated as the goose neck. The gooseneck consists of a bar of metal, iron or stee, rectangular in crosssection except where the round shank 12 is formed at the upper end. Theouter end of this shank 12 is threaded to receive a nut 13.

14 is a saddle washer the inside surface of which is concaved to fit thesurface of the head 10. A rectangular recess 15 is formed in the outerside of said washer of a size and shape corresponding to the crosssection of the goose neck. A circular opening 16 in the center of thisrecess, of equal diameter to the shank 12, extends from the bottom ofthe recess 15 to the inside of the washer. The washer 14 in use fitsover the goose neck at the point where the round shank joins the squareportion. When the shank 12 is passed through the pipe head and securedin place by means of the nut 13 pressing against a washer 14 the washer14 effectually prevents the goose neck from turning and twisting.

17 indicates ordinary cultivator teeth attached to the lower ends of thegoose necks. Any number of goose necks may be provided and they areusually made of two lengths and the different lengths alternatelyplaced.

25 refers to the draw bars, rectangular in one which shape, with a roundshank similar to that on each goose neck. The draw bars are eachprovided witha saddle washer 14 and are fastened to the head in the samemanner as each. goose neck. Draw irons 23 are fastened in hooks in endsof the draw bars 25.

26 is atop bar the front end of which is attached to the draw bar bymeans of the bolt'27. The top 'bar 26 passes over the head 10 and downaround the back under the nut 13 on the end of the draw bar taking theplace of the washer 14 used in other places under the nut. From this nutthe bar 26 extends horizontally a short distance.

19 is a runner fastened by the bolt 27 to to draw iron. An adjustingbolt 20 is attached to the back end of the runner 19. The upper end ofthis bolt is threaded and is passed through an aperture in the end ofthe bar 26. By means of adjusting nuts 21 and 22 the runner may be drawnupward or pushed downward from the head. The depth at which the teethare allowed to enter the ground is regulated by adjusting the runner asabove.

In use a team is hitched to the ring 24. As the cultivator is drawn overground the cultivator teeth loosen up the soil, the depth beingregulated by the adjustment of the bolt 20.

This cultivator is low and with the round head is especially adapted foruse as a fruit cultivator where a higher and more complicated machinecould not be used.

This invention is an improvement of the device for which Letters Patentof the United States, No. 928,487, were issued to me and Howard 0.Williams on the 20th day of July, 1909.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is 1. In a cultivator: a tubular head; aseries of rectangular goose necks 11 having round shanks passing throughsaid head; washers 14 having concaved inner surfaces adapted to fitagainst the head and having rectangular recesses adapted to engage thegoose necks at the junction of the rectangular and round portions;similar washers 0n the opposite side of said head, each having a roundopening to receive a shank on a goose neck; a nut threaded on the end ofeach shank; draw bars attached to said head; and draw irons attached tosaid draw bars, all as described.

2. In a cultivator: a tubular headlO; a series of rectangular goosenecks 11 having round shanks passing through said head; washers 14having concaved inner surfaces and each having a rectangular recessadapt: ed the junction of the rectangular and round portions; a nutthreaded on the shank formed on the end of the goose neck; a draw barattached to said head; an adjustable shoe attached to said draw bar; anddraw irons attached to said draw bar, all as described.

- 8. In a cultivator: a tubular head 10; a series of rectangular goosenecks; a round shank 12 formed on the upper end of each goose neckpassing through said head and threaded on the outer end; a washer 14havto engage the end of the goose neck at ing a rectangular recessadapted to receive and engage the goose neck at the junction of therectangular and round portions, the inner surface of said Washer beingconcaved to 'fit against said head; a nut threaded on the outer end ofsaid shank 12; a concaved washer between said nut and said head; a drawbar fastened to said head; runners fasft ened to the said draw bar;threaded adjusting bolts passing through the ends of said runners andthrough a top bar; said top bar; nuts onsaid adjusting bolts; and drawirons attached to said draw bar, all as described;

JOHN C. WILLIAMS. Witnesses:

ANDREW K. MARTELL,

HANNA MENDENHALL.

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' Washington, D. G. V

